GENERAL FARMING NEWS

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 739, 11 February 1910, Page 8

GENERAL FARMING NEWS

: -f Ah; East^Coast-'sheep-farmor who -has, .. beeny accustomed-;to''.do a .good bit of :. ploughing "every 1 year .'says that .this sear: ■ son.he has put in'nothing, for his stock. i It'isj:he; declares, exceedingly.difficult' to : got'hbld of-: men- .wh'b> are any - good : with: ", horses. .'ln future,he;will.probably plough' a'iriueh.!snialler':arca and. try; the .effect of: njanuririg-.it thoroughly..■■;,•:'.'.'. ':"':...;'.. : ; "It,goes Very much against the, grain ' - with'; me," said a: big rHawke's Bay, run-; holder' to-; a'--.DojMNioij!'representative, tho/ bther'tlay,;. ;"but. I think. I shall.have ;to] go ;in 'for -a Roinnoy cross, 'After breed-' nig .Lincolns true ,to: type:for:.aUifetime- ' it is 'a bit: of . a -wrench, especially .when :'one': thinks "of'-the: lighter "fleeces;-;but there;, is.:'no. doubt,: the; jßoroney. Js 'the thing:so far'as ,the-.first .year ; '".br',' I tvr6.is i • concerned. Bow 'itr'is'going .to;be; later' ' on: when the flock; gets'too much Rpmiiey. ■ into it, I"do. not' knowp However,■I think; 1 shall' have: to make' the -experiment." . :[ j .The..'- Tawaha-'i'Dairy ..'Company ,; (South'" ■Wairaiapa) has • received': advice that - the; : price- of-its cheese-is steadily advancing,; shipment: realised sis. ; ;6d. per cwt.;: : ; : 5 !;'.;::.," ; ;; i,i : y' : i '■'•' >.■'';'■'"••''■' '■:'.-- : ' .'- The Motueka'; Fruitgrowers' 'Asspciatibn; is arranging, with', the; Government' to secure,; a ; grader,' (a''.machine: for' .grading apples). ;The growers .-will, be- charged a ;. small sum for the use of the machine. ;;>, ■ Vi Caterpillars se'ein ■ to; be particularly -bad all ''country':. :this'.: year'.:;, -The ■ "Waikato. Argus";;repbrts,-;that'.,they are; doing'great'damage;to -the'tomato. crop's^ : around -and'■-' at;•"Cambridge. . -nearly{the -whole of .the fruit, has.,'been' ,- .attacked.' .' ?';■;;:,.;;.'■■ :";■'■ '■■. }' :^'-: '■'';;"•'•: .v. : - '•;' '■■ i; i iA^portibn;of ; sfr? : H. ; Gfei^s r flax'Swamp; at; Tokomaru: was destroyed' by. fire last • week. '-vFort;uriately;j there,-was: Jib. wind; or. the whole.'of the 'flax' the' sivamp. might, have been' destroyed. \;r: .;- .v.,':,;. ':',;;• ;-;,; I SVwild)-- cat'tieftare: ; ; 'reported>;to;. ; bo very, numerous' at the..'hact'of'the East.Eglin-; ton -ranges v (near,-;To>Ana-u);; : ; Some -.200 animals ! ar9;vknbwii ; 'tb! have-.been 'lost there of recent years, v. It; is; estimated that: 700 or, f ßoo,,'are running- wild: in -the" '.district.:Ksvg-J/ ;!^' ':; : "''-i)' ; v ; ': ; ' ; , ?:-'■: ■','-',''. ■:■': ',;The■'■ OakuroiDairy;Cpmpany;'pays; out, ; i1055'165. 9d/for, Jahuary.finilk,;asjagainst: ; :ai3«\l3s..3d; j -,last: year/,:',-.; : ,;;■;;,.::,;;' ';.';•:\ , ,' : .;Tne'Mangorei^ ■pany';ir'iU'pay'ont;tb'its.'suppliers on-Feb-.ruary': 20 £3iii : lSs'.'.2d.:ior.January.:milk. The: amount:for- the corresponding, month ;pf last year;was •td:;;;v;;';.'; v ; ; iias ; 'heeh'infofmed,'that,,there is'a'probability: 'of the"-Taranaki Bacbn'-'Companrs factory at Fitzroy-changihg'-hands; ahd.the ;build- : iugs once'more.being put into;commercial - cases of fruit to'Auckland'last.,week, and_also : sent .supplies::'to.;'the".i'Eotorua ,and,, Waihi. ;mark.ets;';:v ; ?- :Y&i^i^-.-'-''.--' ,"S : "-i;/; ■"The''' 1 -A.,- and; P.. ; Association is/already"pre'paring-'for;next show.; Tho: jp'rogramm'e for ith'e, home • industries., Section 'has"gone, through ahd';:been revised,■ so Aas.ito; give;'intending;.;exhibitors 'a; ;chancb': to : v get .''their iready:; .'.;■;--; i'Paiiaka, .thV'.weil-kncvni.:flax and-dairy: 'property':of':3477;'aores{-freehold and ;'. 160. ;acres ■ leaseholdii-Bms': ofctjfcricliest- land on'tho-ManawatuirWith-flax: cutable this year, > ftWll"bo : sold.at^auction-by,:Dalgety.; J and'Co.;'at : P'almerstoh^North'-on-.Saturr-; -day,:,26th' February.',;;The,.torm.s.;.may;;be, ;;arran2ed.--AdTJ:A;;;: ! ; ;:v.; 'v^'jtiA^,'M'-' ' •' ■■!-'